New National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

11 Designs Shortlisted For Japan’s New National Stadium

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Japan’s new National Stadium is one step closer to finding a designer. Eleven practices, including Olympic stadium designers Zaha Hadid Architects and Populous, have been shortlisted for the competition to design the new stadium. The brief called for an 80,000-seat stadium that must be completed in time to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

The competition, which received a total of 46 applicants, restricted entry to practices that had been recipients of the Pritzker Prize, an AIA gold medal, UIA gold medal, Praemium Imperiale or RIBA gold medal. Firms were also required to have experience of designing a stadium with a capacity of 15,000 or more.